Televised medical talk shows - What they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: A prospective observational study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Korownyk, Christina ^a   Kolber, Michael R ^a   McCormack, James ^c   Lam, Vanessa ^b   Overbo, Kate ^b   Cotton, Candra ^a   Finley, Caitlin ^a   Turgeon, Ricky D ^c   Garrison, Scott ^a   Lindblad, Adrienne J ^a   Banh, Hoan Linh ^a   Campbell Scherer, Denise ^a   Vandermeer, Ben ^d   Allan, G Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DIET; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEVISED MEDICAL TALK SHOW; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC FIGURE; STANDARDS; TELEVISION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMOUS PERSONS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEVISION;

EID: 84920819411     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7346     Document Type: Article

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